This means that break dancing is only one step away from “entering the Olympics.
Xinhua News Agency, Lausanne, June 25 (reporter Gao Peng, Prince Jiang) The International Olympic Committee agreed here in principle to add four major items of break dancing, skateboarding, rock climbing and surfing to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. This means that break dancing is only one step away from “entering the Olympics.
According to the arrangement, in the next year and a half, the IOC will continue to inspect and evaluate these four projects until the end of next year, the IOC executive committee will make a final decision on the project setting of the 2024 Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee said that even if these four projects eventually failed the 2024 Olympic Games, they would not approve other projects to replace them.
At the beginning of this year, the Paris Olympic organizing committee proposed to the International Olympic Committee to add four new projects in the 2024 Olympic Games, but in fact, only break dancing is a new project in the true sense, because skateboarding, rock climbing and surfing will be unveiled at the Tokyo Olympics next year.
At the 134th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee held on that day, the president of the International Olympic Committee Bach said: “The four new projects proposed by the Paris Olympic organizing committee are completely in line with the spirit of the Olympic 2020 agenda, because they help achieve gender balance, have a more urban atmosphere, and provide opportunities to communicate with the younger generation.”
Estangay, chairman of the Paris Olympic organizing committee, welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee. He said: “From the beginning, our goal is to highlight the advantages of the 2024 Olympic Games-the diversity of sports and the excitement that the events bring to participants and audiences, and at the same time take advantage of the opportunities created by the International Olympic Committee, provide a new dimension for the Olympic Games.”